40 REPTILES. 



Eversman's Arguta. Eremias velox. Lacerta velox, Evers. 

 N. Mem. Mosq. iii. 353, t. 30, /. 3. Eremias caeriileo-ocellata, 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 295. L. arg^utus, Eichw. Z. S. iii. 188 ? 



Tail elongate, very slender ; scales of the back ovate, rhoraboi- 

 dal, smooth, surrounded by granules, of the under side of the legs 

 6-sided, very large, preanal moderate, the central one largest ; ven- 

 tral shields nearly equal, square ; hinder legs long. 



Inhab. Crimea. 



** Ventral shields in 6 to 16 straight longitudinal series. Meroles. 

 f Loiver eyelid opaque^ subocular shield over the labials. 



Knox's Eremias Eremias Knoxii, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 282. 

 Lacerta Knoxii, Ediv. Ann. S. N. xvi. 76, 85, t. 6,/. 6. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. v. 299. Smith, Illus. Z. S. Afr. t. 43. 



Ear toothed in front; lower eyelid covered with small, sube- 

 qual, convex, 6-sided shields ; scales of the back lozenge-shaped, 

 slightly convex, as if keeled, subimbricate, of front of vent equal, 

 with 1 or 2 larger medial ones; ventral shields subrhoniboidal, in 

 16 series ; subocular shields 2, over the fourth and fifth labial 

 shields ; femoral pores 16 or 20 ; collar of 11 or 13 scales. * 



a. Adult, in spirits. Throat black-dotted. S. Africa. Presented 



by the Earl of Derby. 

 h — e. Young and half-grown. Back with streaks of spots; legs 



with 3 rows of white spots. S. Africa. 



W Lower eyelid scaly, ivilh a pellucid central spot : subocular shield 

 between the labial shields, forming part of the lip. 



The Cape Eremias. Eremias Capensis, Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 V. 302. Smith, Illust. Zool. S. A. t. Lacerta Capensis, Smith, 

 Mag. N. H. ii. 93. 



Ears granular in front ; ventral shields in 14 series ; scales of 

 the back lozenge-shaped, flattened, slightly imbricate, of front of 

 vent subequal; collar of 11 scales; subocular shield to the edge 

 of the lip between the seventh and eighth labial plates. 

 a. In spirits. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Burchell's Eremias. Eremias Burchellii, Dum. et Bib. E. 

 G. V. 303. Smith, III. Zool. S. A. t. Lacerta Burchellii, A. 



Smith, Mus. Chatham. 



Ears granular in front ; the under eyelid with a central cross 

 series of 4 large 6-sided shields; ventral shields square, 14-rowed; 

 scales of the back small, granular, suboval, convex, not imbricate, 

 of the front of the vent small, equal ; the subocular shield to the 

 edge of the lip, between the fourth and fifth plates. 



a. In spirits. Greyish brown, black-speckled, with a row of white 

 specks on each side of the back, sides white-speckled, limbs 

 with black-edged white spots. S. Africa. Presented by the 

 Earl of Derby. 



